“Deadbeat Dad” by Sanya Osha
The common narrative is that the number of deadbeat daddies in South Africa is frighteningly on the rise. In communities everywhere, there are numerous single mothers battling to raise children with...
View Article“Mourning” by Daisy Odey
in the gut of a river I find undigested remains where my brother trailed off like a sentence led towards an uncertain future by ellipsis. this body holds wood and steel as lover yet evicts a boy after...
View ArticleThree Poems by Ajise Vincent
playing God at a juncture in this pilgrimage of life came a light, lucent, yet artificial, passing through the prism of storms to birth magic — the eighth wonder of cosmetics, of kingfisher size wigs,...
View Article“Spirit Things” by Victoria Naa Takia Nunoo
This is not your scent. This is not how earth recognizes you. This is not how the air carries you in. This is not your body. You’re moving like a timid ghost that is unsure of its abilities to pass...
View Article#CainePrize2017: In Conversation with Magogodi oaMphela Makhene
This is our first interview series with the 2017 Caine Prize shortlisted writers. Here, Tolu Daniel engages Magogodi oaMphela Makhene on her story and writing. Magogodi oaMphela Makhene is a South...
View Article#CainePrize2017: In Conversation with Arinze Ifeakandu
This is the second instalment in our #2017CainePrize interview series. In this one, Joseph Omotayo, our content editor, engages Arinze Ifeakandu on his shortlisted story and writing. Arinze Ifeakandu...
View Article#CainePrize2017: In Conversation with Chikodili Emelumadu
This is the third part in our interviews series with the 2017 Caine Prize shortlisted writers. There are interesting thoughts here as Tolu Daniel, our Associate Editor, chats with Chikodili Emelumadu....
View Article‘Spider’ by Nana Akyempo
Should we have broken the tiny legs of the whispers? Trickling upstairs with graceful force like a waterfall turned on its head Upstairs where all our secrets lain In the end no fight was ever in us...
View Article“For People That Own Depression” by Ejiro Edward
Ten things that comes with loving you. Dear lover, When I tell you about the ghost that lives inside my body, About depression being a steep side you cannot see, this is the part of my story where...
View Article“Earthen Sustenance” by Mallory Anyango Dunkley
-For Ayiti- I sit within the confines of tin walls, combatting an unrelenting wretchedness refusing to lighten its grip. Hollowed tummies of innocence stare up at me, crying with echoes of the...
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